Anxiety, The School of Life
Anxiety, The School of Life
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Anxiety
Meditations on the anxious mind

Author: The School of Life

Narrator: Rachel Lanning

Unabridged: 2 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/08/2021


Synopsis

A guide to our anxious minds; offering a route to calm, self-compassion, and mental well-being. Far more than we tend to realize, we’re all—in private—deeply anxious. There is so much that worries us across our days and nights: whether our hopes will come true, whether others will like us, whether the people we care about will be OK, whether we can escape humiliation and grief... Too often, we bottle up our anxieties or try to avoid looking at them directly. We are ashamed of how worried we are and end up feeling isolated and yet more worried. None of this is necessary. Anxiety is deeply normal and, like so much else that troubles our minds, it can be understood and brought under our control. We all deserve to wake up every day without a sense of foreboding. This is a guide to anxiety: why we feel it, how we experience it when it strikes, and what we can do when we come under its influence. Across a series of essays that look at the subject from a number of angles, the tone is helpful, compassionate, and in the best sense practical.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sebastian on June 25, 2022

Good read if you’re coming from a non-medical background and are looking for a good overview of anxiety (symptoms/causes/treatments) and more information regarding psychiatric/psychology services within Australia. However, I found many of the Anxiety’s content were covered during my medical studies......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on November 20, 2020

I really appreciated this book, something about that last line about Dr Cross feeling neurotic about its reception sealed the books place in my heart as one of the most genuine pieces of work from a vulnerable professional I've read. And in many respects the personal elements where the strongest par......more

Goodreads review by Krystelle on June 16, 2020

Please note this is a 3.5. Providing a very decent, Australia-centric view of anxiety, this book was long overdue. It gives a perspective on the hospital system, access to care, medication, support systems, and different manifestations of anxiety. For someone requiring a crash course in the subject,......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on March 03, 2024

Listened to this on ABC listen app and found the audiobook to be soothing, compassionate, and clear in its depiction of anxiety. Mark doesn’t set out to delve into complex nuance of anxiety and explores anxiety with a simple and accessible approach. Ideal for the layperson who wishes to dip their to......more

Goodreads review by Kaz on November 03, 2022

4.5⭐️ There is something remarkably admirable about an accomplished professional openly sharing his most vulnerable experiences with mental illness. As a highly respected consultant psychiatrist with over 30+ years of experience in the field, ‘Dr X’ offers his holistic clinical expertise and recount......more